Family & Social Life - Overview
Donations to the Museum have preserved irreplaceable evidence about generations of ordinary Americans. Objects from the Copp household of Stonington, Connecticut, include many items used by a single family from 1740 to 1850. Other donations have brought treasured family artifacts from jewelry to prom gowns. These gifts and many others are all part of the Museum's family and social life collections.
Children's books and Sunday school lessons, tea sets and family portraits also mark the connections between members of a family and between families and the larger society. Prints, advertisements, and artifacts offer nostalgic or idealized images of family life and society in times past. And the collections include a few modern conveniences that have had profound effects on American families and social life, such as televisions, video games, and personal computers.
"Family & Social Life - Overview" showing 21 items.
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sound recording: Whiffenpoof Song; Life Is Just a Bowl Of Cherries
- Description (Brief)
- Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees. side 1: WHIFFENPOOF SONG; side 2: LIFE IS JUST A BOWL OF CHERRIES (RCA Victor 27843). from the album, "Heigh Ho Everybody" (RCA Victor P 111)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1942
- recording artist
- Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees
- maker
- RCA Victor
- ID Number
- 1981.0656.527
- maker number
- 27843
- P 111
- accession number
- 1981.0656
- catalog number
- 1981.0656.527
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: That Wonderful Mother Of Mine; M-O-T-H-E-R
- Description (Brief)
- Eddy Arnold. side 1: THAT WONDERFUL MOTHER OF MINE; side 2: M-O-T-H-E-R (RCA Victor 21-0009). from the album, "To Mother" (RCA Victor P 239)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1949
- recording artist
- Arnold, Eddy
- maker
- RCA Victor
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05008
- maker number
- 21-0009
- P 239
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05008
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Bring Your Roses To Her Now; I Wish I Had a Girl Like You, Mother
- Description (Brief)
- Eddy Arnold. side 1: BRING YOU ROSES TO HER NOW; side 2: I WISH I HAD A GIRL LIKE YOU, MOTHER (RCA Victor 21-0010). from the album, "To Mother" (RCA Victor P 239)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1949
- recording artist
- Arnold, Eddy
- maker
- RCA Victor
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05009
- maker number
- 21-0010
- P 239
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05009
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: I Wouldn't Trade the Silver In My Mother's Hair; My Mother's Sweet Voice
- Description (Brief)
- Eddy Arnold. side 1: I WOULDN'T TRADE THE SILVER IN MY MOTHER'S HAIR; side 2: MY MOTHER'S SWEET VOICE (RCA Victor 21-0011). from the album, "To Mother" (RCA Victor P 239)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1949
- recording artist
- Arnold, Eddy
- maker
- RCA Victor
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05010
- maker number
- 21-0011
- P 239
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05010
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Rockin' Alone; I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
- Description (Brief)
- Eddy Arnold. side 1: ROCKIN' ALONE; side 2: I'M THINKING TONIGHT OF MY BLUE EYES (RCA Victor 20-2488). from the album, "All Time Hits from the Hills" (RCA Victor P 195)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1947
- recording artist
- Arnold, Eddy
- maker
- RCA Victor
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05011
- maker number
- 20-2488
- P 195
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05011
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: It Makes No Difference Now; Molly Darling
- Description (Brief)
- Eddy Arnold. side 1: IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE NOW; side 2: MOLLY DARLING (RCA Victor 20-2489). from the album, "All Time Hits from the Hills" (RCA Victor P 195)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1947
- recording artist
- Arnold, Eddy
- maker
- RCA Victor
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05012
- maker number
- 20-2489
- P 195
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05012
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Prisoner's Song, The; Seven Years With the Wrong Woman
- Description (Brief)
- Eddy Arnold. side 1: PRISONER'S SONG; side 2: SEVEN YEARS WITH THE WRONG WOMAN (RCA Victor 20-2490). from the album, "All Time Hits from the Hills" (RCA Victor P 195)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1947
- recording artist
- Arnold, Eddy
- maker
- RCA Victor
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05013
- maker number
- 20-2490
- P 195
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05013
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Will the Circle Be Unbroken (My Family Circle); Who At My Door Is Standing
- Description (Brief)
- Eddy Arnold. side 1: WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN (MY FAMILY CIRCLE); side 2: WHO AT MY DOOR IS STANDING (RCA Victor 20-2491). from the album, "All Time Hits from the Hills" (RCA Victor P 195)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1947
- recording artist
- Arnold, Eddy
- maker
- RCA Victor
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05014
- maker number
- 20-2491
- P 195
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05014
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Rockin' Alone (In an Old Rocking Chair; I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
- Description (Brief)
- Eddy Arnold. side 1: ROCKIN' ALONE (IN AN OLD ROCKING CHAIR); side 2: I'M THINKING TONIGHT OF MY BLUE EYES (RCA Victor 20-2488). from the album, "All Time Hits from the Hills" (RCA Victor P 195)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1947
- recording artist
- Arnold, Eddy
- maker
- RCA Victor
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05015
- maker number
- 20-2488
- P 195
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05015
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: It Makes No Difference Now; Molly Darling
- Description (Brief)
- Eddy Arnold. side 1: IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE NOW; side 2: MOLLY DARLING (RCA Victor 20-2489). from the album, "All Time Hits from the Hills" (RCA Victor P 195)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1947
- recording artist
- Arnold, Eddy
- maker
- RCA Victor
- ID Number
- 1996.0320.05016
- maker number
- 20-2489
- P 195
- accession number
- 1996.0320
- catalog number
- 1996.0320.05016
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center